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    the play; Prospero and Miranda, Prospero and Caliban, Prospero and Ferinand, Prospero and Ariel, and…

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    These connections of Prospero to colonialist ideals becomes clear through Frantz Fanon’s text “Racism and Culture” as he analyzes the causes and…

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    England. The play describes the story of Prospero, the Duke Of Milan, who is banished from Milan to an island with his daughter Miranda, which is only inhabited by a creature named Caliban and an airy sprite named Aries. When the Kings ship returns back from a wedding close to their island, Prospero conjures a storm shipwrecking their boat with his magical powers. On the island, Miranda falls in love with a man named Ferdinand and at a dinner held by Prospero, he talks of banishing the…

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    In The Tempest, Prospero is characterized by the power he holds and control he has. Since he has the lost position of Duke of Milan to his brother, he found other ways to gain that power back. He is controlling the other characters and the events that happen to them throughout the play. He had the ability to do so through his magic and manipulation of others. This power is seen when he creates the storm that leads to a shipwreck. And through his treatment of his slaves, Caliban and Ariel. It is…

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    written by William Shakespeare, The Tempest is about Prospero, a sorcerer and the rightful Duke of Milan, lives on an island with his daughter, Miranda. Prospero’s brother, Antonio took over his throne and set Prospero and Miranda adrift, and they eventually found themselves washed ashore on the island. Prospero summons a storm to wreck a ship bearing his old enemies near the island, and punishes Antonio and Alonso in multiple ways. Finally, Prospero confronts his brother and Alonso, and he…

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    The Tempest is written by William Shakespeare in 1615.The story tells about the a powerful man uses his magic distories a boat and fight with the bad guys on it. It also tells about the true love and evil.And in my mind, Caliban should own the island. I think Caliban suppose to control the island. Firstly, Sycorax is the first human being on the island. The island was belonged to her, and after she died, the island belongs to her son.Caliban. Secondly, Ariel is the second life on the island…

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    which contributes to the society’s trials. A major theme throughout the play that each character struggles with is freedom. An analysis of The Tempest reveals challenges with freedom and injustice that the protagonist Prospero created himself throughout the course of the play. Prospero is the main character in the play. He was once the Duke of Milan until his power was stolen from him by his own brother. He resides…

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    that disobeyed her. Eventually the island becomes home to Prospero and his daughter Miranda. They were exiled from their home in Milan where he was the ex-duke. They bring with them Prospero’s magic. In the beginning they got along fine, Caliban shows them water and food, and they give him shelter. Eventually though, Prospero uses his magic to force Caliban to live under a rock and essentially be his slave. Whenever Caliban disobeys, Prospero curses him, saying “I’ll rack thee with old cramps,…

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    negative reaction from Prospero who believes that Ariel was not being appreciative of Prospero’s doings. By using literary criticism one can clearly point out the role of master and servant. One may also notice that Prospero threatens Ariel by insisting on trapping him in a tree for twelve years, which is ironic being that Prospero is the one who saved him from being trapped in a tree by Sycorax. This does not only mean that Prospero is abusing his power, but it also means that Prospero is no…

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    Prospero’s relationships with the two and their own physical appearances affect the audience’s perception of them. When Ariel first speaks with Prospero onstage, spectators see that he is willingly subservient, because Prospero saved him from arboreal imprisonment and, by extension, from Caliban’s mother Sycorax. In this exchange and in the subsequent one between Prospero and Miranda, the audience hear what the others think of Caliban before they have the opportunity to see the character…

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